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Paul Waggott and the Squirrel

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The Travelling Squirrel by Robert Lord opens this week at Circa, with actor Paul Waggott playing the lead character, struggling writer Bart. Directed by Susan Wilson, this show is a satirical romantic comedy that follows Bart as he tries to get published and negotiates life with...

From Hobbit to Holmes

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Following his lead cast role as Bifur the Dwarf in The Hobbit trilogy of movies, William Kircher returns to the stage after a 20 year absence with The Hound of the Baskervilles.  This week in drama* on the waterfront, William talks to Colleen McColl about Bifur, Sir Peter...

Kathleen Burns in A Servant to Two Masters

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This week in *drama on the waterfront, Kathleen Burns answers questions about playing Beatrice in A Servant to Two Masters, which opens at Circa on Saturday 2 May. You are based in Christchurch and I believe this is the second Circa Theatre production you have been cast in? KB:...

The Grand Dame of the Circa Pantomime

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This week on drama on the waterfront, Gavin Rutherford, who will don the dress for the 5th time this year as Grandma Hood in Red Riding Hood, takes us down memory lane of his time as Dame. This year for the famous Circa Christmas Pantomime, we are remounting Roger Hall’s Red...

Hikoi: then and now

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The 70s and 80 was a formative time for Aotearoa with much going on politically and socially. In Hīkoi, and set against this backdrop, we meet two ordinary, extraordinary characters Charlie and Nellie who fall in love, have kids and endeavour to live happily ever after. And, as...

Meet the Cast of Mother Goose!

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Meet the talented cast of Mother Goose – The Pantomime!     Gavin Rutherford  (Mother Goose) (Aladdin – The Pantomime, The Price) “I’m looking forward to this fantastic summer of pantomime. This year’s cast is fantastic and with a fresh look at...

Minskie and Ron explore the Gap: The Seemingly Impossible

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  By Gina Vanessi Less than a week to go now!! In the spirit of Minksie and Ron explore the Gap –  A list of things which are seemingly impossible: *Licking your elbow. *Licking someone’s soul *Licking your own liver (unless you’ve just had a transplant, but th...

Minksie and Ron explore the Gap

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It’s surreal, it’s a little bit absurd. It’s blasphemous and heretical at times. Ron and Minksie playfully argue how the stuff of stuff-ness works. Sometimes they watch the window. There are people in the window; a prostitute, a jar collector, a child, an athlete. There’s a man...